Everything You Need To Know To Start Affiliate Marketing

This article is letter (A) of our “Affiliate Marketing" series where we write an article for each letter of the phrase. “Affiliate Marketing" shares content to help you reach your peak marketing performance and make the most of your marketing efforts. Find links to more articles in the series below.

Affiliate Marketing – the term is thrown around a lot, yet what does it really mean? Despite everything you may hear, affiliate marketing is the most popular way to earn money online and monetize your content.

Basically, you promote other people’s products and receive a commission when someone converts. There can be a lot of confusing, overload of information about affiliate marketing. So here’s your short, sweet, and simple to understand guide to affiliate marketing.

Step 1: Pick A Niche

Preferably, pick a niche (specific target audience) that you are interested in and has a profitable market. You will be spending a lot of time building up your content. Choosing an interest can help motivate you.

Step 2: Build A Website

If you can answer emails and edit documents in Microsoft Word, then you can build a website. Website builders, like Wordpress, make the process super easy.

Step 3: Send In The Traffic

You need people looking at your site to be able to click on your affiliate links and earn you a commission. Marketing via search engines with Search Engine Optimization(SEO) is a great first place to start. And hey, you may want to throw some ChatBots into the mix.

Step 4: Grow Your Business

You have your groundwork laid out, now it’s time to grow onwards and upwards. At this stage you’re testing and trying new ways to attract people to your site and convert. That may be through creating more content, social media marketing, or adding a chatbot to your marketing strategy!

This article is letter (A) of our “Affiliate Marketing" series where we write an article for each letter of the phrase. “Affiliate Marketing" shares content to help you reach your peak marketing performance and make the most of your marketing efforts. Find links to more articles in the series below.